Content from Russ Banham
Russ Banham is a Pulitzer-nominated business journalist and author of 24 books.
CM Exclusive: Google’s Insurance Strategy Could Be a Game Changer
The announcement that Dr. Henna Karna, formerly global chief data officer at insurer AXA XL, had been retained by Google to lead a new insurance initiative was greeted by the insurance and InsurTech ...
Ranking U.S. Insurers: How They Score on ESG Performance
For the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have figured prominently in the investment decisions of institutional investors, pension funds and shareholders. The ...
A Time to Shine: How Insurance CROs Stepped Up to COVID Challenges
At a time of great crisis, chief risk officers have stepped forward to bring their unique skillsets to bear in assessing the strategic and financial impact of both the pandemic and the recession and ...
Lemonade Aftertaste: Will Reinsurers Keep Covering Unprofitable InsurTechs?
The IPO of Lemonade in July highlights the value of leveraging ample reinsurance to move from startup phase to a public company, which the online provider of renters insurance pulled off in a scant ...
COVID-Driven Bankruptcy Litigation Setting D&O Market on Edge
With revenues tumbling, companies across many industry sectors confront a heightened risk of bankruptcy, spurring possible class action lawsuits brought by creditors against corporate directors and ...
Demand Soars for Parametric Insurance to Cover Pandemic Business Interruptions
Like everyone else, Peter Lacovara is coping with COVID-19, working at home to limit contagion to the coronavirus and stay healthy. He's also plugging away trying to keep businesses healthy, as well. ...
The Insurance Jobs of the Future
No one should be surprised that an industry as data-driven and processing-heavy as insurance is in the grip of an earthshaking workforce transformation. As wide-ranging automated technologies assume ...
Legacy Processes No More: Insurers Engaged in Wide-Scale Efforts to Optimize Antiquated Processes
There's two ways for an insurance company to boost profits. The first option is to price products higher, and the second is to reduce operating expenses. Option No. 1 can be a dicey proposition, as ...